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FSIS Amending Poultry Products Inspection Regulations

Posted August 29, 2014 The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has amended the poultry products inspection regulations to establish...

Zinpro Corp. Requesting Food Additive Amendment

Posted August 29, 2014 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Zinpro Corp. filed a petition proposing that...

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AMS Requesting Comments on Honey

Posted August 29, 2014 The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comments on how...

DOE Requesting Comments on Landscape Design

Posted August 29, 2014 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has invited public comment on its Request for Information (RFI)...

Tyson Workers Awarded $5.8 Million

Posted August 28, 2014 On Monday, the Eight Circuit Court of Appeals awarded $5.8 million to a class of Tyson...

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EPA Amends CWA Regulations

Posted August 28, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized amendments to the Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations to...

APHIS Amended Regulations under AWA

Posted August 28, 2014 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has amended regulations to the Animal Welfare Act (AWA)....

FDA Expected to Release Updated Produce Rule in September

Posted August 28, 2014 The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) food safety rule for produce is expected to be available...

USDA Requesting Carcass Beef Grades Comments

Posted August 27, 2014 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking public comments on revising...

EPA Establish Sweet Orange Peel Tincture Tolerance Exemption

 Posted August 27, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues...

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USTR Seeking Comments for Annual Report

Posted August 27, 2014 The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) will convene a public hearing to seek public comment...

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EPA Ordered Registration of Certain Pesticides

Posted August 26, 2014 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered, pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),...

AMS Adjusted Representation on Cattlemen Board

Posted August 26, 2014 The Agricultural Marketing Service adjusted representation on the Cattlemen’s Beef Promotion and Research Board, established under...

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FSIS Released Updated Guidance Reducing Shiga in Shedding Cattle

Posted August 26, 2014 The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced the availability of its updated guidance document on...

USDA Issued Final Rule Under Export Apple Act

Posted August 26, 2014 The Department of Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule...

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Kauai GMO and Pesticide Use Labeling Law Ruled Invalid

Posted August 26, 2014 A federal judge has ruled that a Kauai County law that requires companies to disclose use...

FDA Submitted Information Collection to OMB

Posted August 26, 2014 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that a proposed collection of information has been...

RFS Sent to OMB for Review

Posted August 25, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) final rule to...

AFBF Requesting State Authority in Chesapeake Bay

Posted August 22, 2014 The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) has asked a federal appellate court in Pennsylvania to reverse...

GMO Labeling Initiative on Colorado’s November Ballot

Posted August 22, 2014 Colorado’s secretary of state has announced that the requirement of labeling genetically modified (GMO) foods will...

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